Is it not permissible for a villain to enjoy rolling [12]
"What are you saying, Lizzy! H-this... I just picked it up from the floor of the room...!"
“And that's why I ask you, why are you even picking it up? It's disgusting.”
I approached him with calm steps, smiling.
“I just heard you say something interesting...that you ordered the knights to be sent if you didn't return, right?”
“L-Lizzy….”
“Hmm… You thought you'd be safe like that, didn't you? But what if they brought the car back with just a body? And if they pretended to be attacked on the way, you wouldn't be able to hold Cayenne responsible.”
“L-Lizzy, what on earth are you saying-!”
“Or maybe they will torture you until you completely lose your mind and then bring you back. Then, no matter how much you blather, no one will believe you.”
“Lizzie!”
“To think that you will only be this safe…don’t you think your imagination is too narrow, my dear brother Gillian?”
A warm smile appeared on my face as I looked at Gillian, whose face had completely turned pale.
I used the word dear brother, which he always loved, and yet his appearance was not comforting.
But I continued coldly:
“Of course I don’t want any of that to happen. So you’d better sign the contract quietly...”
Then she continued with a bright smile that did not match her words:
“Then disappear from here.”
“Oh, and by the way, there’s no need to brag and say you’re taking me with you.”
I looked into his trembling eyes and said:
“…With your current appearance, if I let you out, you will immediately run away on your own.”
Gillian stared at me in amazement as if he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
I also felt Arkle's piercing gaze on either side of my face.
While Gillian kept moving his lips soundlessly, he finally muttered in disbelief:
“L-Lizzy, you...you've gone completely crazy.”
“On the contrary, I was not as fully conscious as I am now.”
“How pathetic… Even that bastard Jin has an unfortunate fate. For his famously modest and calm sister to have gone mad, it means that her marriage path has been completely closed.”
Gillian clicked his tongue mockingly.
I just looked at him in amazement.
Even at this moment, he was still babbling nonsense. What a wonderful man.
“But...”
He finally said it as if he had made a decisive decision.
“After all, I can hold you with me.”
He extended his hand towards me and said with certainty and firmness:
“As soon as we get out of this place, you'll come to your senses. Follow me, Lizzy.”
“Wow... I can't even find what to say.”
"And if you don't want to, I'll take you by force. This is for you. Come on, Lizzy!"
He quickly moved forward and grabbed my wrist tightly.
"Come on! Let's get out of this cursed place immediately. I'm starting to feel like I'm losing my mind here. When we get back to the Muriel family, you'll regain your stability."
“Funny… why should I go with you to Muriel’s?”
"Because this is all for you, Lizzy. Be obedient and follow me-!"
But before he could finish, he suddenly shouted:
“Aaaah!”
He collapsed to the ground clutching his arm.
The wrist he was holding me with twisted and turned dark blue.
Arkle stood in front of him, looking at him coldly as a dark glow of aura surrounded his body.
It was his magical power.
“Don't you dare touch her.”
“Ahhhhhhh... you... you monster!”
“Maybe I am.”
“And you think you will survive after this act-!”
“But it seems to me that you are uglier than any monster.”
Akle's eyes froze as he spoke coldly.
Gillian shouted, desperately:
"You monster! Don't look at me with those eyes!"
"When I leave this place, I will tell everyone! I will expose you to the world! I will kick Kaien who attacked me using demonic power! He must be eliminated immediately! And if I dare even move a finger-!"
“As long as you don’t touch Lizzy Alheim, I have no interest in your vile body.”
“Ahh... you damned one...!”
Gillian suddenly turned his eyes to me and shouted:
"Lizzy, haven't you seen yourself?! It's an evil monster! Help me up right now!"
“Huh?”
“We should escape from here together! Come on, hurry-!”
I smiled innocently and said:
“But the deal is not over yet, my dear brother Gillian.”
He looked completely fed up, so he shook his head and said:
“So… you have completely surrendered to that monster. You impure bitch.”
“Oh my God.”
I wasn't expecting this much insults. I raised my shoulders indifferently, but Erkel's eyes narrowed sharply.
Gillian stood groggily and stared at me as he said:
“Aren’t you ashamed?! You were given the title of saint, yet you chose to taint yourself with one of the descendants of demons... When your brother learns about this, he will be very happy!”
“Oh yeah, okay.”
I felt nothing at the mention of a brother I had never seen.
As for the title of saint, how many times have you told them that it is not true? No one believed me.
“I have done you so much good... and it was all in vain. An ungrateful idiot... I will expose everything. About this monster who uses the power of Satan, and about this woman who stuck to him without a shred of shame-!”
But as soon as Arkell took one step towards him, Gillian shouted in horror:
"Stop! If you touch me, take it as a declaration of war from Cayenne against Morel!"
He took out a small ball like magic tool from his pocket.
"With just one touch, I'll summon the Family Knights. Well done for bringing her with me. Just one more step and I'll press her!"
'I don't want things to get any bigger than this.'
She tugged lightly on the hem of Arkel's dress.
“Let's not move now.”
“….”
As if he understood what I meant, Arkil stopped in his place.
"good."
Gillian took a shaky breath, smiling bitterly, then began to retreat with hesitant steps toward the door.
In his hand, he was still tightly gripping the magic tool.
He said sarcastically:
“This is how it should have been from the beginning. Didn’t they teach you when you were young that the heir of a major family should not impudently extend his hand to the heir of another family? That would be tantamount to a declaration of war.”
But suddenly—
“So, this way you won't have an objection, right?”
A cold, sullen voice came, and at the same moment, something shot towards the magic tool that Gillian was holding.
Fuck!
That thing hit the target precisely, shattering the tool into scattered shards.
It was just a kitchen knife.
Gillian froze, eyes wide as he looked at the destroyed remains of the artifact.
“H-Huh…?”
Then a familiar voice rang out:
“Don’t worry, this is just a maid who dared to act rudely… you impolite nobleman.”
I turned my head towards the source of the voice, and it was indeed the face I knew.
A maid with red hair and a condescending look.
“Sylvia!”
Our eyes met for a moment, but she quickly looked away, looking confused.
She said in a sharp tone, as if she was making an excuse:
“I still owe you... nothing more.”
But her cheeks were clearly red.
“Sylvia’s words are true, sir.”
One by one, the rest of the servants working in the palace appeared at her side.
“If it is said that the servants committed impudence without your knowledge, there will be no problem with you.”
“True, you and Miss Lizzie had nothing to do with what happened.”
“How dare you insult a pure lady like Miss Lizzie?!”
Although the last sentence sounded a bit strange, I hastened to pretend to be sad.
“Dear ones... It is true that this man described me as a slutty, impure, ungrateful woman, but that’s okay... I’m fine.”
“You criminal bastard!”
The servants shouted angrily, and pounced on Gillian.
“Don't come any closer!”
Gillian was confused, grabbed the knife stuck in the magic tool, and pointed it at them.
But one of the maids shouted angrily:
“How dare you wave that tool in front of Miss Lizzy!”
She then fired a quick kick that knocked the knife out of his hand, before delivering a punch straight to his face.
“Miss Lizzie is soft-hearted and weak! How dare you!”
What you're doing isn't exactly subtle, you know?
Gillian screamed, holding his nose before falling to the ground again.
Then the servants lined up around him, surrounding him from all sides.
“Miss Lizzie should only see beautiful and cute things, and you dare to distort her sight!”
“Kkkkaaaah!”
I couldn't see him in the middle of the ring, but his horrific screams echoed throughout the hall.
“Right! You should only see and hear what is beautiful, understand?!”
“Aaaagh!”
Are these miserable cries beautiful sounds in your opinion?
Even Hwan seemed to be thinking like me as he stared at the scene with a shocked face and half-closed eyes.
As for Arkel, he stood looking at the servants without any expression, then turned towards me and advanced.
“How would you like us to deal with this man?”
“Hmm...”
I pretended to think.
“Do you, as you said earlier, want us to return his cart loaded with only his body?”
I shook my head no.
"No, we have to close the deal first. Huan, do you have the contract?"
“Yes, there it is.”
Huan took the necklace from his chest, so she took it from him and took calm steps towards Jillian.
As I approached, the servants stepped back a little to make way for me.
Gillian was kneeling on the ground, his body trembling, his face wet with tears and snot.
I bowed down in front of him, looking at him for a while before muttering:
“Hmm… not every crying face is as pretty as they say.”
“L-Lizzy...please, save me...!”
I smiled at him with a gentle smile, as if I were an angel extending a hand of salvation:
“I told you before, my dear brother, I don’t want unpleasant things to happen. So, how about you simply end the matter by signing here?”
She handed him the contract along with a pen.
"I will! I will!"
He snatched the pen and contract with a trembling hand, and hurried to sign in a shaky hand.
“Thank God, it went well!”
My eyes sparkled as I took the necklace back from him, then I turned excitedly to Arkell and showed him the filled out papers.
"See, Arkell?! Now the Wencell Mine belongs to the Cayenne family!"
"correct."
“Didn’t I say I would succeed in completing the deal?!”
I said that with a broad, enthusiastic smile, and Arkel replied in a low voice:
“Yes.”
huh? Did he just smile?
For a fleeting second, it seemed to me that the corner of his lips lifted slightly.
Then he turned to Hwan and said:
“Pay the guest.”
He turned his back to leave the hall.
“I'll go first.”
“Okay, sir. Leave the arrangements here to me.”
But before he left, he stopped and turned to me.
“Lizzy Alheim.”
"Yes?"
“My office is on the third floor. I will wait for you there.”
“Huh?”
“I promised to fulfill your request.”
"Yes…!"
She shouted remembering.
He shook his head slightly, smiling slightly sarcastically.
“You forget about it even though you tied the promise even on your finger... You seem really distracted.”
Then he continued his walk and left the banquet hall.
Wait a minute...
He smiled again.
It only lasted a fleeting moment, but I clearly saw a tinge of a smile on his impassive features.
She stood there in shock, staring at the spot he had left from.
That face, on which emotions were evident for a short moment... was indescribably beautiful.
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Translated by: Snow
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